{"id":2592,"date":"2020-12-31T09:18:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T08:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:18:47","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T08:18:47","slug":"tofuh-chapter-96-2-come-and-play-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2020\/12\/31\/tofuh-chapter-96-2-come-and-play-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"TOFUH – Chapter 96.2 – Come and play cards"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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\u201cMaster Jiang.\u201d At this time, Shen Anxin also came over. He smiled towards Jiang Zhen and started to thank him. \u201cMaster Jiang, thank you for before. If it wasn\u2019t for you, my reputation . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Feng Chenglin said that in public. Although it had some impact on Jiang Zhen, it wasn\u2019t big. But it would definitely make him unable to face people in the future.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cYou\u2019re welcome. He was also talking about me that way,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cI still need to thank you, if it wasn\u2019t for Master Jiang, I would have been miserable,\u201d Shen Anxin said again; his gaze that fell on Jiang Zhen had even more degree of affection in it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge looked at Shen Anxin acting like this and suddenly felt that the oranges in his mouth were a bit too sour, not tasty at all. At the same time, he also felt a surge of panic.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shen Anxin was really much better than him. Compared to He Qiusheng, he could at least work and earn money, and compared to Liu Qianqin and Zhao Lingxiao, his reputation was clean. But what about Shen Anxin? Shen Anxin was rich, educated, and better looking than him . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIn public, he can\u2019t do anything,\u201d Jiang Zhen said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cBut it still would make me look bad.\u201d Shen Anxin looked at Jiang Zhen and lowered his head, a blush on his face.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cIf you want to be a man, don\u2019t be so squirmy,\u201d Jiang Zhen, after seeing this appearance of Shen Anxin, reminded him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although Shen Anxin\u2019s appearance wasn\u2019t feminine, his personality was somewhat sticky. He was different from Zhao Jinge in the end.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Zhao Jinge\u2019s engagement was broken, he was only twelve or thirteen years old and was not as tall as today. When Zhao Fugui took him out to work for someone, he did not hesitate to pull up his trousers and clothes to plant rice seedlings in the paddy field . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At that time, there were idle men in the village who were teasing him, and boys of the same age who said that he would never be able to marry if he showed his body to others. But didn\u2019t he still work as usual?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge always thought he should get married and when he was in trouble, he stuck to it. This Shen Anxin . . . couldn\u2019t he be a bit tougher? If someone yelled something, couldn\u2019t he scold back?<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He was so weak and intent on feeling sorry for himself but still concerned about his reputation . . . It\u2019s no wonder the Feng family didn\u2019t take him seriously and coveted his family fortune. In fact, if he was more open-minded, not to mention that he was a ger, even if he was a woman, no one would dare to bully him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen also knew that Shen Anxin\u2019s character was like this, and it couldn\u2019t be changed, but he still kindly reminded him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shen Anxin\u2019s eyes reddened as he spoke. It would be nice if he was really a man, but he wasn\u2019t; he was a ger. He tried to behave like a man before, but now he just wanted to be someone\u2019s beloved ger. \u201cI know . . . I will change . . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cJinge, do you want to go there to observe the fishes?\u201d When Jiang Zhen saw him like this, he became more and more unsure of what to say to him, so he just wanted to leave quickly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge nodded in a hurry; he was eager to take Jiang Zhen away from Shen Anxin.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen smiled and was about to take Zhao Jinge to the pond. But at this time, Shen Anxin took a few steps forward and was about to pull on Jiang Zhen\u2019s clothes. \u201cMaster Jiang, wait.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen subconsciously avoided Shen Anxin and frowned. \u201cYoung Master Shen, don\u2019t do such misleading actions in the future. My wife will be unhappy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This action of Shen Anxin . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Any more and people would really start to think he had something with Shen Anxin!<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge should also be jealous, he might not even let sleep in the bed . . . Thinking like this, Jiang Zhen immediately looked at Zhao Jinge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

At this time, Zhao Jinge felt that orange in his mouth was sweet. Jiang Zhen\u2019s words made him very happy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

As for Jiang Zhen\u2019s worries . . . he worried too much. Zhao Jinge was now thinking that he should serve Jiang Zhen well, so Jiang Zhen wouldn\u2019t have the strength to look for someone else.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge happily went to watch the fish, leaving Shen Anxin standing in the same place, feeling somehow depressed.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Feng Chenglin said dirty words to him earlier and Jiang Zhen stood up to him, he couldn\u2019t restrain his heart from beating violently. He knew that he liked Jiang Zhen.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Although they were not possible, it was fine to just say a few words to Jiang Zhen . . . However, Jiang Zhen did not have him in his eyes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Shen Anxin couldn\u2019t say what he was feeling in his heart for a while; he felt sour and bitter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

This time, Jiang Zhen was just here to go through the motions. He got to know some people and let some people get to know him, but he didn\u2019t fight for that imperial merchant position.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

After discovering this, those merchants became even more enthusiastic towards him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen and Zhao Jinge stayed in the Zheng family house for a long time. When they left, they didn\u2019t go out for several days, patronizing the training of his men at home.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

These days, the capital was very lively.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Firstly, because the Ministry of Household Affairs<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>had selected some royal merchants and, secondly, because a new thing had come out from the palace.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

That new thing was called Gentlemen\u2019s Cards because the pattern of the card inside was derived from \u201cplum, orchids, bamboo, and chrysanthemums.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There were many ways to play, and it was the best way to pass the time. For a while, almost all the upper-class people in the capital were talking about it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zheng Yi asked the painter to draw a pair of exquisite cards, which were finished in a short time. Meanwhile, the cards in the Zheng family shops also sold very well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Sometimes, the easiest thing to circulate was something used for playing.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

For a while, almost everyone in the capital was talking about the cards. But when the <\/span>Ministry of Household Affairs decided on the matter of imperial merchants, not many people paid much attention to it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge to a nearby shop to buy pen, ink, paper, and ink stone, he heard someone asking if there were any cards for sale in the shop.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cFor now, only the shops of the Zheng family can sell the cards,\u201d the shopkeeper who packed things that Jiang Zhen bought answered.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cSo . . . ,\u201d the man said, \u201cthere is no Zheng family shop nearby, you will need to go to a farther location.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge to a teahouse to listen to people telling stories . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The storyteller in the teahouse, who was usually rewarded by talking about books, was actually explaining how the cards could be played. He was surrounded by many people who were listening to him in rapt attention.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Even when Jiang Zhen took Zhao Jinge for dinner, there were people playing cards next to them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Jiang Zhen: \u201c. . .\u201d The popularity was higher than he expected . . .<\/span><\/p>\r\n

No wonder the Zheng family would specifically send him a carriage . . . Unfortunately, underneath his hands, there was not even a single person who could drive a carriage.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

In ancient times, where were the very rich and idle people? Without a doubt, they were in the capital.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

It had been three hundred years since the Qi Dynasty had been established, and the number of noble sons and daughters in the capital was increasing every year. Not all of them were promising, so many of them just hung around all day long. However, they were the people who accepted the cards the fastest and popularized them in a very short period of time. For a while, many of them stopped wandering around and stayed at home to play cards every day.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhen we go back, let\u2019s play cards too.\u201d On his way back with his pen, ink, and paper, Jiang Zhen said to Zhao Jinge.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cHuh?\u201d Zhao Jinge looked at Jiang Zhen, puzzled. Didn\u2019t Jiang Zhen always say that those who played around would lose their ambitions, so why did he bring up playing the cards? Of course, he wasn\u2019t very fond of it himself.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

He was no match for Jiang Zhen in every way right now, and he was more willing to learn and practice Chinese characters than playing cards.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWhoever loses at that time will take off a piece of his clothes,\u201d Jiang Zhen said again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Zhao Jinge\u2019s face suddenly turned red; he had the feeling of \u201cso it was like this\u201d again. Jiang Zhen looked so decent, but he was not serious! And he. . . he even yearned for it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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